95-28026. United States Enrichment Corporation: Notice of Receipt of Compliance Plan for the Certification of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Notice of Comment Period, and Notice of Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57252-57253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28026]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 70-7001; 70-7002]


United States Enrichment Corporation: Notice of Receipt of 
Compliance Plan for the Certification of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Notice of Comment 
Period, and Notice of Public Meetings

I. Receipt of Compliance Plan and Availability of Documents

    Notice is hereby given that the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
(NRC or the Commission) has received by letter dated November 6, 1995, 
a compliance plan from the U. S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) to 
address those areas at the gaseous diffusion plants (GDPs) located near 
Paducah, Kentucky and Piketon, Ohio, that are not yet in compliance 
with the NRC requirements in 10 CFR Part 76, ``Certification of Gaseous 
Diffusion Plants.'' The Energy Policy Act of 1992, which established 
the USEC to operate the GDPs under lease from the U. S. Department of 
Energy, requires this compliance plan, prepared by the Department of 
Energy (DOE). NRC received USEC's application for certification of the 
GDPs on September 15, 1995, and notice of its receipt was published on 
September 21, 1995, (60 FR 49026). The previous notice also announced 
the public comment period on the USEC application, and the public 
meeting dates scheduled for each plant. Copies of the compliance plan, 
the application for certification (except for classified and 
proprietary portions withheld in accordance with 10 CFR 2.790, 
``Availability of Public Records''), and related correspondence, are 
available for public inspection and copying at the Commission's Public 
Document Room (PDR) in the Gelman Building, 2120 L Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20555 and in the Local Public Document Rooms (LPDRs) 
established for these facilities. A copy of the compliance plan and 
application for the Paducah plant is available at the Paducah Public 
Library, 555 Washington Street, Paducah, Kentucky 42003. A copy of the 
compliance plan and application for the Portsmouth plant is available 
at the Portsmouth Public Library, 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 
45662.

II. Notice of Comment Period

    Any interested party may submit written comments on the compliance 
plan for either the Paducah plant or the Portsmouth plant for 
consideration by the NRC staff. To be certain of consideration, 
comments must be received by December 29, 1995 for the compliance plan. 
Comments received after the due date will be considered if it is 
practical to do so, but the Commission is able to assure consideration 
only for comments received on or before this date. Written comments on 
the application should be mailed to the Chief, Rules Review and 
Directives Branch, Office of Administration, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555 or hand delivered to 11545 Rockville 
Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 between 7:45 am and 4:15 pm Federal workdays. 
Comments should be legible and reproducible, and include the name, 
affiliation (if any), and address of the commenter. All comments 
received by the Commission will be made available for public inspection 
at the Commission's Public Document Room located in Washington, D.C. 
and the Local Public Document Rooms located in Paducah, Kentucky and 
Portsmouth, Ohio. In accordance with 10 CFR 76.62 and 76.64, a member 
of the public must submit written comments or provide oral comments at 
a public meeting described below to petition the Commission requesting 
review of the Director's decision on certification.

III. Notice of Public Meetings

    As previously announced on September 21, 1995, public meetings are 
being held to solicit public input on the initial certification of 
these facilities. The meeting for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant 
will be held at the Paducah Information Age Park Resource Center, 200 
McCracken Boulevard in Paducah, Kentucky on December 5, 1995, 7 pm. The 
meeting on the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant will be held at the 
Vern Riffe Joint Vocational School, 23365 State Rt. 124 in Piketon, 
Ohio on November 28, 1995, 7 pm.
    In order to allow a maximum number of speakers, statements by the 
public will be limited to 5 minutes per individual. Those interested in 
speaking at the meetings may register at the meeting and will be taken 
in the order of sign-up. A record of the public meeting will be placed 
in the PDR and the LPDRs established for the GDPs. Written comments 
will also be accepted at the meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rocio Castaneira, [phone]; 
Mr. Carl B. Sawyer, [phone]; or Ms. Merri Horn, [phone]; 
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U. S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day of November 1995.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
John W. N. Hickey,
Chief, Enrichment Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 95-28026 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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